Basic Details
Surname
Field
Forenames
C C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Cecil
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Commenced service (following acceptance into College but prior to matriculation) in September 1914. Second Lieutenant of the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [Battalion not known]. Attached to the Suffolk Regiment. Served in France and Belgium. Killed in action at St. Eloi on March 30 1916: CWGC confirm his burial place as being in Belgium.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Second Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
St Eloi (Elooi, Ypres)
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Leper
Cemetery
Voormezeele Enclosure
Year of death
1916
Month of death
March
Day of death
30
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action